Zoo trip with Nana 8.21.11

Mom went shopping with her sisters and my grandma the day before so we decided to go to the zoo and have dinner at Red Robin on that sunday. Carver LOVES the zoo. haha It was great to see Carver show Nana all the animals.

We always start out with the sharks and aquarium animals.
Checking out the big sharks and fish.

It was so hot out that the elephants were throwing dust onto their backs. Then she went around that berm to the left and there was another opening and she came right up the the fence. Carver was IN LOVE!!!

I couldn't get a good picture of the monkeys but they always come right up to the glass. This one hung right in front of the glass so that people could get a picture of him. Then he jumped into the hammock.



That's about it. :) We had fun.

A, B, C...

I've seen this floating around Blog Land lately and thought, since I hadn't posted anything lately, that I'd share the ABC's of ME with YOU...mmkay?!?

Age ~ 26

Bed size ~ Queen and love it. We couldn't do a king.

Chore I hate ~ Vaccuuming, dishes and bathrooms

Dogs ~ Two rotts

Essential start to your day ~ snuggling in bed with my boys

Favorite Color ~ pink... duh!

Gold or Silver ~ Silver ALL THE WAY!

Height ~ 5'0"

Instruments you play ~ piano. I'd love to get back into it but I know the only way I'd stay motivated is if I took lessons. And if I took lessons I'd have to lose my acrylic nails :(

Job title ~Wife, Mom, Sister, Daughter, Friend, Aunt, Housekeeper, Chauffeur, Teacher, Coach, Therapist, business owner...

Kids ~ Carver

Live ~ WA

Married ~ as of May 3, 2008

Nicknames ~Mama, Mema, Mommy, Nana, Honey

Overnight hospital stays ~ 3yrs surgery for a benign bone tumor, and when Carver was born

Pet Peeve ~People that don't get over and SLOW DOWN for emergency vehicles. Wouldn't you want people to do that if they're coming to help you???

Quote ~ too many. I have a whole book of quotes that I love

Righty or Lefty ~ Righty

Siblings ~ Let's see...

2 brothers

2 sis-in-laws
3 bro-in-laws

Time you wake up ~ 6:00-7:00 AM (read: whenever Carver wakes up, then snuggle time)

University you attended ~Central Washington University

Vegetables you dislike ~ Brussel Sprouts, cauliflower (unless its steamed)

What makes you run late ~ trying to stall time. I'm rarely late to anything though

X-rays you've had ~Foot, chest, dental

Yummy food ~Italian, mexican

Zoo animal favorite ~Monkeys, elephants, and we have some awesome walruses!

Some random pictures

I have a bunch of pictures to post so I'll *slowly* start posting them. Here's some random pictures I took and they all need explanations. haha

This is Carver having a meltdown. He'd just gotten out of the shower and did not want his diaper! So he ran into my room and laid down. haha (8.20.11)

Cousin Tyler came over for a few hours today (8.29.11) and Carver wanted to show him daddy's cowboy hat.

Trying to put it on him... not too successful though.

Tyler

This one was a couple days ago. It's a little peek at the pictures from Labor Day. All he wanted to wear was his new cowboy hat Nana got him and his cowboy boots. too cute!!!

I Feel Horrible!

Chris' birthday is on Monday and I forgot to make him a card before we left town. :( If you've seen my cards, it would be an insult to run to the store and buy one. So I told him what happened and he reminded me that I did this last year. What is it about his birthday that makes me procrastinate on making his card????? He's getting a Cabela's gift card so I just have to pick that up. I know exactly what the card's going to look like, but it's still in my head. :( I'm going to have to think of some way to make it up to him.

An Update... of sorts

The problem, is that there isn't much to update about. Summer's finally taken hold here and we've been busy with work, farmers market and life. Carver's growing before our eyes and it's mind-boggling.

For the month of July, we were gone every weekend whether it was for a night of five. So for August we decided that we wanted to stay home as much as possible. We've been home every weekend and it's been so nice to relax! My mom came over two weekends ago to help me out at the farmers market. She's coming back over tomorrow to go shopping with her sisters and then we're going to the zoo on sunday. :)

Our next big event will be labor day weekend. We'll be in Ellensburg for the fair and rodeo. Labor day is also Chris' birthday so we'll do something for him too.

Hmm... I think that's it for now. I'll definitely be getting more pictures on sunday so I'll update on that. Thanks for sticking around through this slump in blogging. :)

Prayer Request

A sweet family lost their 7 month old last night. Please pray for their family. If you'd like to see their blog, click here.

Baby Ruby had Caroli's disease/syndrome. This means there were several cysts, one being as large as 20% of her liver, that were blocking here biliary tree. They kept bile from leaving the liver as it should to digest food, etc. As it sat in her liver, it was damaging it, and leaving it very scarred. There was also risk that these pockets of bile could become infected.

I can't fathom what they are going through right now. No one should out live their children. My heart is breaking for them right now.

We're Going to the Zoo-Zoo-Zoo. How about You-You-You?

Ummm.... wow. I didn't realize it's been this long between posts. Sorry. :( We've just been chugging along. The farmers market has been keeping me pretty busy.

Carver got a zoo pass for his birthday so we decided to go (on July 24th) since summer has finally started to show it's beautiful face. :) I always feel weird taking pictures at the zoo so here's the few that I got.


E.T.!!!


Reindeer

We did the kid area at the end and all Carver really wanted to do was the slide. First time down, he was with Chris and it was great. The second time, Chris decided to let him go by himself and the slide was too hot for his little legs. :(



I have a couple other things to post on but that'll have to be later. Carver's commanding my attention. haha